Climate justice and homelessness: Developing participatory intersectional solutions to the impacts of climate change
Summary of the presentation
The Observatoire québécois des inégalités in collaboration with Ouranos. Based on a preliminary project carried out in Laval in 2024, which generated considerable interest, we will explore the impacts of climate change on people experiencing homelessness—an angle that is largely absent from current research and action. The webinar will present the methodological approach (GBA+ and participatory action research), the main issues identified, and preliminary data from a workshop held in Fall 2025 with experts by experience. The aim is to demonstrate the importance of considering this intersection as a priority issue in climate and social justice, and to highlight potential solutions co-developed by and for the people concerned.
Learning objectives:
• Understand the specific impacts of climate change on people experiencing homelessness from a GBA+ perspective
• Learn about a participatory action research approach that benefits from the knowledge of people with lived experience
• Identify potential solutions co-developed by and for people experiencing homelessness
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* Presentation in french
Adaptation and resilience: Using GBA+ to understand and address the new challenges of homelessness in the face of climate change in Quebec
Speaker(s)
Marianne-Sarah Saulnier is a researcher at the Observatoire québécois des inégalités (Quebec Observatory on Inequality) and an associate professor at UQAM. She holds a PhD in anthropology from the University of Montreal, where she specialized in the development of participatory action research methodologies. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at McGill University's School of Social Work on the impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations and the application of feminist anthropology in support of climate justice and a fair ecological transition. She is currently conducting participatory action research at the Observatoire québécois des inégalités in collaboration with Ouranos on the impacts of climate change on people experiencing homelessness.
